Mikal Bridges emphatically says Knicks are ‘built for this s–t’ after knocking off Pistons

Mikal Bridges had to edit himself a bit after getting a little too fired up while speaking to MSG broadcaster Mike Breen after the Knicks’ dramatic 116-113 win over the Pistons to punch New York’s ticket to the second round of the NBA playoffs.

Bridges was still basking in the victory when he threw on the headset as Breen started to ask him about what the conversation was like when the Knicks were trailing with under three minutes to go.

“We built for this s–t. That’s all it is,” Bridges started to say. 

The broadcaster quickly jumped in try to remind Bridges not to use explicit language. 

“Sorry, sorry, but we built for it. That’s all it was. Stayed with it, stayed positive and just stayed fighting. That’s all I know. That’s all we know,” Bridges said. 

The Knicks pulled off the win after letting a fourth-quarter lead disappear, breaking a 113-113 tie off a 3-pointer from Jalen Brunson with 4.3 seconds left on the clock. 

Brunson finished the game with 40 points on 15-of-33 shooting. 

Bridges, for his part, had 25 points on 11-for-16 shooting from the floor and had a clutch tip-in with under a minute to play that set up the Brunson game-winner. 

Down 113-111, Brunson missed a jumper and Bridges positioned himself under the basket to tip the rebound into the hoop to even the score with 35.6 seconds left on the clock. 

Josh Hart chimed in on the play of Bridges on social media after the game, praising his teammate. 

“Milkal is a bad man,” Hart wrote on X. 

The Knicks will now face the Celtics, beginning on Monday.

It marks the first time the Eastern Conference rivals will face one another in the playoffs since 2013. 

It also will be the first time since 1984 that the two teams will play in the playoffs after the first round.